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Owen Hale’s Modern Drummer Profile 1982

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: The latest news I have on Owen Hale is almost exactly a year old: “‘Now I’m doing what I wanted to do all my career,’ he said, of the new album he started to work on in January at … Continue reading →

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Mixing John Denver Applause on Lou Reed’s ‘Rock n Roll Animal’ Album

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This story had me smiling. THE BLOG Musician Steve Katz Revisits A Career Of Blood, Sweat, Blues And Rock 05/30/2015 08:22 am ET | Updated May 30, 2016 The Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears, and he … Continue reading →

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Bob DiSalle: ‘Keith Gilroy: A Positive Influence, a Mentor’

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I don’t know why I didn’t include Keith Gilroy’s name in Bob DiSalle‘s Modern Drummer interview (Nov. 1982). Digitizing a cassette recently, which is full of random bits of MD interviews — there was Bob DiSalle, asking me to … Continue reading →

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When Photographers and Drumsets Collide

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Alan Gratzer’s 1981 Ludwig ad reminds me of an innovation Alan mentioned to photographer John Leze during an REO Speedwagon in-concert photo shoot for Gratzer’s Modern Drummer interview published in July 1981. At that time it was still … Continue reading →

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Universal Music Truth and Punk Rock Drummers: What Are The Lyrics?

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Three Punk rock drummers agree with me on the importance of knowing song lyrics. That view, which is shared by all kinds of great instrumentalists, going back to at least the 1930s, must be a universal music truth. … Continue reading →

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